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HomeMy WebLinkAboutProject HOLD Chelsea ReberProject HOLD WTAW Radio Chelsea Reber | WTAW Associate News Director Tom Turbiville | WTAW Radio Host Laura Quezada | Transcriber 00:00:00 Dick Bolin (DB) College Station, Texas, April 24th, 1947, Dick Bolin talking. Here's the latest news from the Associated Press… [Unintelligible news broadcaster speaking] 00:00:08 Speaker 2 Aggies win 74-72! Here's your ri… 00:00:16 Speaker 3 …1620 WTAW. ------------------------------- 00:00:19 Tom Turbiville (TT) This is WTAW, the First 100 Years, I'm Tom Turbiville. Many a young journalist has gotten their start at WTAW, whether as a board operator or an on -air intern or someone that we just thought had the chops to do it, such as Chelsea Reber, our associate news director, a Bryan High grad and athlete. She recognizes that she's had the opportunity to work at a historical radio station, and she likes to spread the word. 00:00:49 Chelsea Reber (CR) Especially turning 100 years old this year, it's really gotten those gears turning even more so in my mind about how special this is, and, you know, when I got the job here, I just thought, “okay, cool. I needed a job. This is great. This works out”. And with every year that passes, and I get to do more and more and become more involved, it does. It kind of hits me to think of how special this is, and I love getting to tell people, “Do you know what WTAW stands for?”, and “Do you know why the W is the start of our call letters, but not every other call letter, you know, in Texas”? And so, getting to share that information with people and to be part of that, I mean, yeah, it's a huge, huge moment of pride when I get to talk to people about being a part of WTAW and being a part of the history, and that's why I've loved this series so much because I'm learning things I had no idea about, and I w-- work here. And so, to be part of that is truly special. 00:01:45 TT Well, Chelsea Reber is right. Just researching for this series, and I have learned a whole lot that I would have never, ever known about WTAW, the First 100 Years.